Cheating the system! Yes or No

[Rainman]

It was brought to my attention today that so called Professional fisherman are paying other people to prefish tournaments for them and give them the spot on spot! A guy at GM said that he does it for a guy and that every pro does it to! Is this true? If so, how can they call themselves PROS? To me this gives tournament anglers a bad rap! How could they brag about a tournament they won when they didn't even find their own fish or figure out what the fish were biting on? Somebody please say it ain't so! If it is true I will never look at a tournament the same! Or its anglers! Just trying to clear this up I guess!

Rainman

[This message has been edited by Rainman (edited 07-19-2004).]

[Guest]

It happens in almost all big-money events. Some even have pre-fishing teams that travel with them. I personally do not like the practice, but what do you do?

[fishface5]

I quit following "proffesional" anglers quite a few years ago. I had a couple of experiences with some local tournys 7, 8 years ago that lowered my opinion of the "pros". Simalar storys floated around back then. The subjects of the storys seemed to win all the tournaments. Funny how the big buck guys always won. It didn't make sence because it seemed in the smaller lower payout contests it was usualy some guy in an old beat up boat that could hardy pay the entrance fee that won. (not always, but more times than than they do in the big buck tournys)If you like the "big show" follow the "pros" If you want to catch fish, follow grandpa. I think it is sad that it gone that way.